10/7 Edgewater, MD Man Kills Ex-Girlfriend’s Boss and Associate at Mortgage Firm

Michael Wayne Baxter Jr., 30, shot and killed Kenneth Brian Kertesz, 43, and wounded William Augustus Snow, 44, who was not an employee but an associate also present. He then drove his truck to a nearby drugstore and killed himself. The shooting, which occurred at Universal Mortgage and Finance, was committed just before 3:30 pm. A Prince George’s county police spokesman stated that the shooting was domestic in nature, but did not elaborate. Other sources state the shooting was a result of a breakup between Michael Wayne Baxter and Erin McLaughlin, an employee of mortgage firm. On the day of the tragedy, McLaughlin wasn't at work, but Baxter still came to the firm to commit the assault.